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5 Things Hollywood Needs to Stop
Do you ever get bothered by how dumb chicks in horror films always end up alone in a room with flickering lights? I do, but no other movie cliches piss me off like these five do.
Hasbro McFarlane Spidey
I've been a collector of Marvel Legends and Marvel Select, seen numerous types, renditions, versions, scales, armors, and suits but one version really got me; and that is the McFarlane Spider-Man Body Mold.
Transformers Prime
I was initially rather skeptical about Transformers: Animated when it first was announced. Coming off the disgust I had for the first movie, I didn’t have much faith that the cartoon that Cartoon Network was fielding would be any better.
Why DC Will Keep Rebooting
Unless something drastic happens, DC will eventually head towards another reboot. We don’t know when exactly it’ll occur, but it’s a near-inevitability.New Stuff
Elimination Chamber 2012: Official GeekOut Review
If last month’s Royal Rumble PPV was an exercise in setting up high expectations and failing to deliver, the lesson everyone can learn from last Sunday’s Elimination Chamber PPV is best summed up in three words: timing is everything. There’s a secondary lesson in there as well, borrowed and paraphrased from gridiron football parlance: anyone can be a star on any given Sunday. But we’ll get to that a little later. Much like the Rumble show, this PPV only had four advertised matches on the card. The Rumble suffered greatly due to the ungodly amount of filler – two inconsequential matches...
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Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
Geek Out! Exclusive! Words cannot express how much I loathe Ghost Rider: Spirits of Vengeance. I hate it with every fiber of my being. I despise it with all my heart. Usually, it takes at least a few minutes before I form an opinion of a film, but this thing had me knowing that it would be a rough 95 minutes right from the get go. The first sequence starts in some generic Eastern European monastery with some high-tech monk spies led by Giles from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Giles is arguing with Heimdal from Thor about what to do with some boy the...
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Leader Class Ironhide
Being a Transformer nut has it's ups and downs. On one side of the coin, the franchise is enjoying a fairly good run after Michael Bay's reboot movies (the last of which was Dark of the Moon) and we've seen a resurgence of product coming out of the Hasbro factories these past few years. On the other hand, it also means that there's a lot of product left on the shelves after the hot ticket items are swept out by the consumers. Distributors are finding it hard to give Deluxe Mudflaps and Leader Class Bumblebees away. Another downside is the fact...
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Dating a Geek: Meeting, Snagging, and Keeping
Articles about why it's great to date a geek have populated the Internet ever since the invention of the "publish" button. More than a way for geeks to finally convince some normal people to give them some lovin', it really is no secret that geeks make for the best significant others. If you doubt this, here are some links that might change your mind - 5 Reasons It's Better to Date a Geek, Why You Should Date a Geek, and Top 10 Reasons Why You Should Date a Geek Girl. There are literally a bajillion more online; I just linked...
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The Coolest Toy in the World
Okay, shut up and take my money. While dicking around the Internet, I came across this video of a guy playing around with a toy prototype. As it turns out, he just was the genius behind what would quite possibly be the most amazing toy in the history of mankind, ever. Screw the Aibo, man. This shit is the real deal. Basically, all the toy is, is a remote controlled arachnid mechanoid. Yes, it can walk around like you would imagine it to but that's not all it can do! It shoots discs, foam darts and ping pong balls. You can pimp...
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Recap: WWFX Champions Showcase Tour 2012
I, together with GeekOut fuhrer Bim, trekked to the Smart Araneta Coliseum last night to watch the World Wrestling Fan Xperience Champions Showcase Tour 2012 show because, even though we're nearing our 30s, we still enjoy watching greasy men in shiny briefs pretend to fight each other. Anyway, the show, which was supposed to start at 7:30 PM, was delayed by an hour. The arena was barely filled, I'm estimating maybe only 3 or 4 thousand people showed up. It was also during this waiting period that I saw the best move of the night: After getting some DQ Blizzards, we...
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Official Geek Out PPV Review: Royal Rumble 2012
The 25th Royal Rumble, while ultimately proving itself to be entertaining above all, was an exercise in mismanagement and disappointment. It was never going to stay afloat with just four advertised matches; the WWE has already conditioned the observant viewer (which is to say, a lot of internet fans) to always expect one or two more to be crafted seemingly from thin air. Sometimes, they deliver (i.e. 6-man Tag Match back at Summerslam, Air Boom vs. Primo & Epico for the Tag titles and Cody Rhodes vs. Booker T back at TLC), and sometimes, they don’t. This was one of those...
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Official GeekOut.ph Android App Available!
Due to our efforts to change with the times and stay relevant, we decided it was time to diversify from the traditional way content is consumed on the web and step into the mobile space. It is, after all, the future! This is why we came up with this. It is my pleasure to introduce the NEW OFFICIAL GEEKOUT.PH ANDROID APP! You may now download the GeekOut.ph Android app, which was carefully and lovingly made for all four of you who will actually download and use this thing. Thanks, guys. You're the best. Okay, so we just used a free app...
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Rumblings
The Royal Rumble has always been the quickest, most convenient bildungsroman the WWE has at its disposal. Formulaic and self-contained, it can easily make a new star in an hour or so, providing that essential next step one up-and-comer might need in order to establish himself in the upper echelon. Just ask guys like Shawn Michaels, Batista, and Rey Mysterio (whether you like him or not) – examine what their Rumble wins have done to their careers, and you’ll see that it is their achievement of mercilessly dispatching 29 other men which was mainly responsible for propelling them into the...
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Haywire
It’s feels like forever since I’ve seen a smart action suspense flick. You just don’t get a lot of movies like Sneakers or Heat, especially in today’s market where the big draws are the beefcake like Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson or Vin Diesel. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy testosterone-y movies as much as the next nerdy dork with no measurable upper body strength (sometimes even more than most as in the case of DOOM), but the films that I watch over and over again are ones like Ronin that require you to pay attention.
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Writer of the Year (THE COMIC BOOK GROUP AWARDS 2011!)
Scott Snyder: Two Years by Sean Tiu Scott Snyder spent 2010 establishing himself as one of DC’s hottest writers by creating the incredibly successful “American Vampire,” and his beginning arc on “Detective Comics” quickly became a fan and critical favorite. Clearly not resting on his laurels, he spent 2011 establishing himself as one of the best writers in the comic industry. From his consistently remarkable work on “American Vampire,” to his riveting take on Batman, Snyder has accomplished more in two years than most other writers have in the span of decades. Especially remarkable about Snyder’s year is the sheer number of books...
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We Can Be Heroes
Comic books, for the most part, is seen as a vehicle of entertainment, with little to no enriching value. It's an idle man's pastime. Non-fans would most likely scoff at the thought of wasting about $3 per book, on which you'd waste 15 minutes reading. Unfortunately, there isn't much ground on which we fans can argue that point. It really is just hobby, and the industry is making millions from our fanboyism. That's why when I saw the We Can Be Heroes campaign, it just made me feel good that DC Entertainment is using its marketing muscle to do something...
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Underworld: Awakening Brings Carnage to a Whole New Level
In Underworld: Awakening, Selene (Kate Beckinsale) deals with a world where humanity has discovered the existence of vampires and lycans, and each day becomes a struggle for survival. Bones are broken and blood is splattered everywhere as she tries to find the answer to the question: “Where’s Michael?” Kate Beckinsale’s filmography is quite long and diverse, and she has proven that she can handle just about every role thrown at her. However, she will most likely be remembered best as the hottest vampire who ever graced the big screen. We all know that nine years have lapsed since the first Underworld...
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Trial by Hellfire and Brimstone
There currently exists one unfortunate constant, a lamentable fact, that Vince McMahon and the WWE has had to grudgingly bear and live with for almost seven years. Just one constant that creates a multitude of odds they who shape the fate of the stars – McMahon himself included – must work against, but sometimes just plain ignore as they proceed with business as usual. This constant is none other than the fact that their biggest star, a Mr. John Felix Anthony Cena, has been a polarizing figure for nearly the entire duration of his stewardship as the face of the...
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Non-Superhero Title of the Year (THE COMIC BOOK GROUP AWARDS 2011!)
“They’re dead and we’re not. We’re alive… so we live. At a certain point we just have to move on.” – Michonne The next time somebody tells you that comic books are for kids, I suggest you grab issues #80-92 of The Walking Dead and slap them across the face with it. If they’re really persistent, a 50-issue-compendium blow to the jaw will most probably shut them up. Fact is, there is much pathos to be found in The Walking Dead. This was evident in 2011 with the “No Way Out” arc starting the year and the introduction of Paul “Jesus” Monroe...
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Avengers VS X-Men #1 Cover Match-up Analysis
The Avengers VS X-Men #1 cover was released today, giving us a glimpse of the magnitude of the kind of match-ups we should expect from the next major Marvelevent. Magnificently rendered by Jim Cheung, the cover looks like something that could easily be used as video game box art for a Marvel VS Capcom-esque fighting game featuring the Earth's Mightiest Heroes and The Children of the Atom. Even though we've been seeing teaser art mash-ups by great artists like Adi Granov, Mark Bagley and Leinil Yu for weeks now, the release of this cover still pretty much rocked our collective nerdy...
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Funkasaurus Rex
The setting of the scene was one cold January evening, very early in the year people are foolishly afraid will be our last. Everybody, and I mean everybody, was settled in for a night of action – maybe it was going to be bad, maybe it was going to be so-so, or maybe it was going to turn out to be good after all. What matters is that the people were cheery; what they had witnessed so far had been all right to that point, and the existence of a new legend had just been made known. Maybe it was...
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Artist of the Year (The Comic Book Group Awards 2011!)
“Why Francis is the Man!” By Jean Carlo L. Oshima Why should Francis Manapul be the artist of the year? Is it because of his graceful and exquisite strokes? Is it because he manages to make even a boy from Krypton so human? Is it because he has a way with the ladies? Or is it because of his ability to infuse the Speed Force into every sinew of the Flash? No of course not, it’s because he’s Filipino! Ok that was a joke, but poor jokes, aside it’s really for all the other things I mentioned. I like Francis because he has taste...
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SmileGuard Marvel Heroes Toothbrushes
It’s gotten to the point where my collector detector is always on now. No matter where I am, I’m always on the lookout for some kind of toy to buy.…
Comic Book Team of the Year (THE COMIC BOOK GROUP AWARDS 2011!)
SECRET X-POLICE by Amun Rhanta Reon DISCLAIMER! This review/blog post may or might contain spoilers. If you still haven't read the major X-Men plotlines or the Uncanny X-Force and other related comics, you…
Character of the Year (THE COMIC BOOK GROUP AWARDS 2011!)
HERE COMES... DAREDEVIL! by Jay Sanchez Upon hearing that ye ole horn-head won this award, I immediately thought that the idea was preposterous. Upon much thought, I realized that I couldn’t exactly figure…
Comic Book Related News of the Year (THE COMIC BOOK GROUP AWARDS, 2011!)
THE DCnU by Amado Aparentado They never thought it would happen. They never thought it would succeed. It was too much of a risk, they said. Who would want to read rebooted…
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows – A Game Worth Playing?
Guy Ritchie dazzles us again with the second dose of his take on the Sherlock Holmes franchise. Is it still a stroke of genius, or is the game better off…
It's a bird! It's a plane! It's...
THE COMIC BOOK GROUP!!!1!1!!ONE! Okay, it sounded a lot cooler in the 1940s. Hi everyone. I'm Leiron. And I'm new here. Forgive me for that awkward introduction. But in the next few…
Greatest Battles: Sinister vs. Gambit
When we were kids, I got my sister good and hooked on X-Men. If I found myself short on cash and could not get that month’s issue, chances are I…
Why DC Comics Will Keep Rebooting
Unless something drastic happens, DC will eventually head towards another reboot. We don’t know when exactly it’ll occur, but it’s a near-inevitability. They’ve even planted the seeds for it in…
2011 Character of the Year
2011 was a year of change in multiple comic book universes. Daredevil's criminal acts and gloomy personality seem to have been washed away. Johnny Storm has died and come back…
From the GeekOut.ph Family
To you and yours, have a very kick ass Christmas! Remember that more than just a celebration of a single faith based on a pagan ritual marked as the birth of…
The Mini Avengers
A whole lotta things has happened since the last time I added something to this blog. A number of geek posts have been logged, a major franchise has been thoroughly…
Shadowland Daredevil
If I were honest, I'd say I liked the 2009 Daredevil film. It wasn't the bees knees that Ang Lee's Hulk was, but it made me want to learn more…
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